How To Install libfastutil-java on Debian 10

Learn how to install libfastutil-java on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libfastutil-java is Java API providing type-specific maps, sets, lists and queues

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfastutil-java on Debian 10.

What is libfastutil-java

libfastutil-java is:

Fastutil extends the Java?? Collections Framework by providing type-specific maps, sets, lists and queues with a small memory footprint and fast access and insertion; provides also big (64-bit) arrays, sets and lists, and fast, practical I/O classes for binary and text files.

The classes implement their standard counterpart interface (e.g., Map for maps) and can be plugged into existing code. Moreover, they provide additional features (such as bidirectional iterators) that are not available in the standard classes.

Besides objects and primitive types, fastutil classes provide support for references, that is, objects that are compared using the equality operator rather than the equals() method.

There are three methods to install libfastutil-java on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libfastutil-java Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfastutil-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfastutil-java

Install libfastutil-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfastutil-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfastutil-java

Install libfastutil-java Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libfastutil-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfastutil-java

How To Uninstall libfastutil-java on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libfastutil-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfastutil-java

Uninstall libfastutil-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfastutil-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfastutil-java

Remove libfastutil-java Configurations and Data

To remove libfastutil-java configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfastutil-java

Remove libfastutil-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfastutil-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfastutil-java

Dependencies

libfastutil-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfastutil-java package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.